Doctors behind medical admission question leaks: Police

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Bangladesh Police has found out that the majority of medical admission question paper leaks involve doctors. The CID has arrested 12 people, including several doctors, for allegedly being involved in leaking the question papers of medical entrance examinations under the cover of various coaching centres. Additional

Nilphamari Police hold free eye cataract camp

Nilphamari District Police and in collaboration with Deep Eye Care Foundation has organized Free eye cataract operation camp at Nilphamari Police Lines on Sunday. Superintendent of Police, Mohammad Mostafizur Rahman PPM, officially inaugurated the operation camp. Freedom fighter, Kanti Bhushan Kundu, additional Superintendent of Police (crime and Ops) Mohammad Saiful Islam, additional

Police, BNP clash near Science Lab in city

A clash ensued between BNP men and Dhaka Metropolitan Police after the party brought out an anti-government procession in the capital's Science Lab area. At least 30 vehicles, including BRTC buses, were vandalised during the clash. Sharif Mohammad Faruquzzaman, assistant commissioner of New Market zone of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, said the situation

BNP’s union-level march ends amid clashes with AL, police

The leaders and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its associate bodies organised marches in all the unions across the country on Saturday to push their 10-point demand, including next general election under a non-party caretaker government.Dozens of people were injured in clashes that took place during the marches at

3 held as 1488 kg sand found in govt wheat consignment

Three people were arrested by Chuadanga Sadar Police over putting sand and stones in the same truck carrying government wheat consignment. A case has been filed by Sadar Upazila food inspector and officer-in-charge of Chuadanga Sadar Food Warehouse, Nazrul Islam, with Chuadanga Sadar Police Station against 12 people and three

Militant who killed 101 at Pakistan mosque wore uniform

A suicide bomber who killed 101 people at a mosque in northwest Pakistan this week had disguised himself in a police uniform and did not raise suspicion among guards, the provincial police chief said on Thursday.Moazzam Jah Ansari said the bomber had been identified and police were close to arresting

Suicide bomber kills 34, wounds 150 at mosque in Pakistan

A suicide bomber struck Monday inside a mosque within a police compound in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing at least 34 people and wounding as many as 150 worshippers, most of them police, officials said.  The bombing drew nationwide condemnation from opposition political parties and government officials. Ghulam Ali,

5 HuJI, 1 Al Qaeda militants held in Dhaka

The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested five suspected members of banned militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (HuJI) and a member of Al Qaeda from different parts of the capital on Friday. The arrestees were Fakhrul Islam, 58, Saiful Islam, 24, Suruzzaman, 45, Abdullah Al

Protesters demand justice for Bangladeshi student shot by police

Expressing anger and frustration, several hundred protesters on Monday demanded justice for a Bangladeshi American college student who was shot and killed by police in the Boston suburb of Cambridge last week, a shooting that has drawn attention from Bangladeshi media. Sayed Faisal, 20, a student at the University of